Shortly after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011, we heard about Shigeru Ban’s plan to build a multi-storey temporary housing in Onagawa. Com...
The world’s largest architectural award just got bigger. The Aga Kahn Foundation has announced a doubling of its prize to US$ 1 million. Given every three years in reward for...
We came across this article in the Solutions Journal on the role and responsibility of architects in disaster risk management written by several experts in the field, including two...
My internship takes place right here in Barcelona, a city of the developed world where the global financial crisis makes daily headlines and a wide range of short-term policy measu...
In this series, students document their experiences during the internships in 2012. Scattered across the globe, they are reporting from places like Haiti, South America, Africa, Mo...
In this series, students document their experiences during the internships in 2012. Scattered across the globe, they are reporting from places like Haiti, South America, Africa, Mo...
The official Master of International Cooperation: Sustainable Emergency Architecture is a unique degree that prepares architects to develop and rebuild communities affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters. The program forms part of the Erasmus Mundus European Cooperation Program and is located in Barcelona at the International University of Catalonia.

My internship takes place right here in Barcelona, a city of the developed world where the global financial crisis makes daily headlines and a wide ra...

Shortly after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011, we heard about Shigeru Ban’s plan to build a multi-storey tem...